Spindle-lubricator



(.N Model.)

R. B. PARKER. SPINDLEA LUBRIGATOR.

Patented Apr. 5, v1892.

mms Pz-rsns co., mum-uma, wmmumu, nA e.

UNITED STATES ATENT Brion SPINDLE-LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 472,269, dated April5, 1892. Application filed July 16, 18.90. Serial No. 358,938. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, RIENZI B. PARKER, of Vernon, in the county of Tollandand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spindle-Lubricators, of which the following is a full,clear, and exactdescription,whereby any one skilled in the art can makeand use the same.

The object of my inventionis to provide an apparatusby means of whichallof thespindles on a spinning or double frame or like machine may besupplied with oil from a common source of supply, the whole beingarranged so that the actual condition of the frame, so far as thelubrication of the spindles is concerned, may be ascertained at a glanceby the foreman or Overseer.

My invention consists in the combination of the several parts making upthe apparatus as a whole, as more particularly hereinafter described,and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in vertical centralsection of the rail of a spinning-frame and the attached oiling device.Fig. 2 is a top view of the same with the cover of the oil-reservoirremoved.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter d. denotes a spindle that maybe of any ordinary construction, such as is used on a spinning-frame; b,the spindle-rail in which the spindle is supported, and c the hollowspindle-bearing. In the lower end of this spindie-bearing is attached apipe cl, that communicates with the oil-supply pipe e, that eX- tendsalong the Whole length of the frame, preferably directly below thespindle-bearings. At one end of this oil-supply pipe there is connectedat a suitable height above the rail an oil-reservoir f, provided with acover f and at the bottom an o-utlet g, in which there is preferablyarranged a stopcock g. At a convenient point in the line of theoil-supply pipe, and preferably adjacent to the reservoir, there isprovideda standing pipe h, a portion of which-that above the level ofthe rail b-is of glass, and this stand pipe rises directly from theoil-supply pipe, with which it communicates. There is a strainerarranged in the bottom of the oil-reservoir, and for convenience a shortspout is provided in vleading therefrom and having the cover, throughwhich oil, if required, may be poured into the reservoir withoutremoving the cover, but by simply taking a plug out of the spout. Thismeans of access is also provided with a screen.

At a convenient place, preferably the lowest point or at the eXtreme endin the length of the oil-supplypipe, there is provided a blowoff cockrl, through which the pipe may be drained either for purposes ofcleaning or for taking `down the frame or a spindle for repairs.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows: The parts having beenconnected up substantially as represented in the dawings, oil is pouredinto the reservoir, from which it iiows into the oil-supply pipe,filling the same and rising therefrom into the spindle-bearings to aheight determined by the height of the body of oil in the reservoir, andthis usuallyto a level that insures the perfect lubrication of thespindle. The level at'which the oil stands can be determined at a glancefrom thesight-glass 72,', that forms the upper part of the stand-pipe.

. I claim as my invention-- l. In combination with a series of spindle-hbearings, an oil-reservoir, an oil-supply pipe tubular connections withthe several spindlebearings, and the sight-glass located on thesupply-pipe and rising to a height above the level of the spindlebearings, all substantially` as described.

2. In combination with a spindle-rail, a plural number of spindles withappurtenant spinlle-bearings, an oil-reservoirlocated above the level ofthe rail and supplied with a strainer, the oil-supply pipe leading fromthe oil-reservoir and extending below the level of the spindle-bearingsand the oil-supply pipe, the sight-glass rising from the oil-supply tubeand projecting above the level of the spindlebearings, the stop-cock inthe oil-supply tube,

and the blow-off cock, all substantially as described.

RIENZI B. PARKER. Witnesses:

CHAS. L. BURDETT, A. B. JENKINS.

